I visited England in May and found an unusual shop near Lincoln's Inn Fields (London). Called the Silver Mousetrap, it dates back to 1690. I discovered that it had a very unusual history concerning hair styles of the 18th century. Thought I'd share...
We all have a nose but what do you really know about the nose?Did you know your eyes can see your nose at all times, but the brain tends to ignore it? Do you know what an epistaxis is? Are you a rhinotillexomania? Share with your students some fun...
Almost 50 billion(yes BILLION) plastic water bottles are thrown away each year! An edible gelatinous balloon may be just the answer to this growing problem. Called Ooho,the sphere shaped containers are made from a brown algae. Researchers say the...
Not an academic question but I was just wondering. Do you pick up a penny if you spot one on the sidewalk?I do....and I still say the saying," Find a penny, pick it up. All day long, you'll have good luck." I thought I remember in order to be a...
Perhaps, you might find my resource on the History of the Peanut of value to use with your students.March is National Peanut Month. My web quest," Learn about the Peanut!" is a fun/informative activity that helps develop skills such as reading for...
Women have made lots of contributions to our world yet for a very long time, women and their accomplishments were not given much mention in history books. My female students often asked me whether there were female explorers, queens in ancient...
Introduce your students to the history of April Fool's Day.This resource provides a reading for students as well as lots of interesting famous April Fool's Day pranks (Ex: A video on a spaghetti harvest in the country of Switzerland caused people to...
Time Travel....Where would you go?Time travel. Wouldn't it be amazing if one day people actually could travel back in time to witness historic events? It got me thinking, if you could take a trip back in time, what historic event would you like to...
What a wonderful geography project that really engaged students!Sixth grade students at the Morristown-Beard School,Morristown, in New Jersey, launched a 5 ft. long model boat into the Atlantic Ocean. On board the craft was a GPS tracking device.The...
Check out this free web quest on Presidential trivia-lots of interesting facts! http://gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?presidentcyberhunt.html*Illustration from publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.comThere have been many polls taken on the topic of our...